The thick alloy door slowly rises, revealing the outside world.
Feng Yunhe's nervous expression gradually became distorted, and the hand holding the gun quickly raised to cover his nose.
It stinks!
It was pitch black outside. Judging from the stench and the wide ditch reflected by the light inside the shelter, it seemed that the gate of Vault 34 should be built in the city sewer.
"I've gone out with a drone several times. There are a lot of rats in the sewers. You have to be careful."
Wan Qingqiu reminded kindly.
"I am born in the Year of the Rat, and I even had a cute hamster. I am not afraid of rats."
Feng Yunhe turned around and walked back to the event hall, picked up a flashlight on the ground, pushed the switch back and forth to confirm that it could be used normally, and then cautiously walked outside.
"This is different. The rats here want to eat people, and the largest ones are about the same size as piglets."
Wan Qingqiu wanted to persuade her again, but she felt that Feng Yunhe was not really ready yet.
"I have a gun, I'm not afraid!"
Feng Yunhe held the flashlight behind his left hand and held the rifle with his forearm, feeling an unprecedented sense of security in his heart.
This step must be taken sooner or later. Rather than waiting until procrastination sets in and not wanting to move, it is better to take the step right now when you have the urge.
Tick-tock-tick-
Drops of water seeped out from the moss-covered damp dome and fell into the ditch, creating circles of ripples on the dirty water surface. The industrial waste accumulated in it was faintly visible.
When Feng Yunhe stepped out of the shelter door for the first time, he felt a hard feeling on the soles of his shoes, like stepping on pebbles. When he shined the flashlight downward, he saw many foreign objects the size of little fingers on the ground.
"It's the feces of those rats. Because they eat everything, many things that cannot be digested are kneaded into a ball by the stomach and excreted."
Wan Qingqiu's voice came over the drone to explain, followed by a faint tone.
"As you can see, these feces contain cement and metal, but no plastic or bones. This means that these rats can not only chew steel and cement, but also digest plastic and bones.
You need to understand what you are about to face next. This is not some secret room game. "
"But sooner or later we have to leave the shelter, and this step is necessary."
Feng Yunhe took a deep breath and stepped out with the other foot.
Seeing Feng Yunhe's insistence, Wan Qingqiu stopped trying to persuade him and guided him: "Go to the right, this side is closer to the ground."
Tsk--kaka--
Before taking two steps, the sound of a pneumatic valve colliding with metal suddenly came from behind. Feng Yunhe was so frightened that he quickly turned around and looked over.
As the light shone through, he discovered that there was a metal gear-shaped door hanging on the wall outside the shelter, which was slowly rolling back to cover the exit of the shelter.
Wan Qingqiu's suppressed laughter came from the drone.
"Just the sound of closing the door can scare you, why don't you come back first?"
Feng Yunhe's face turned red, he turned around silently, and carefully walked quickly in the dark sewer.
This woman definitely wanted to scare him on purpose!
"Angry?"
"I didn't mean it, and I won't do it next time."
"Don't be cold and violent, talk to me quickly!"
"..."
Along the way, Wan Qingqiu's voice kept coming from the drone, like a chatterbox.
"Teacher Wan, are you scared?"
Feng Yunhe suddenly realized that talking too much was sometimes a sign of nervousness.
He still remembered that Wan Qingqiu had said before that she had only gone out a few times using a drone, and she had only gone out a few times in the past century. No veteran homesteader was so homely.
"I'm not afraid!"
Wan Qingqiu became angry and raised his voice, then lost his momentum.
"You...be careful."
"Jiji~~"
Suddenly, a clearly audible sound came into Feng Yunhe's ears, causing the teasing words he was about to say to get stuck in his throat.
Shining the flashlight to the left side of where the sound came from, he saw a dark tunnel. He was now standing on a T-shaped bifurcated road.
"Jiji~~"
The sound is getting clearer, closer, and denser.
After just a few breaths, dense red light spots appeared in the deepest part of the tunnel where the light could not reach. Judging from the distance between each pair of light spots, they were pairs of eyes.
In his expectation, there were at most a few big rats, but the actual situation was something he didn't expect at all. There were so many that the red light from his eyes almost illuminated the tunnel.
"Gulu."
Feng Yunhe swallowed, his heart beating rapidly as if it was about to burst out of his chest.
Wan Qingqiu's voice was heard from the drone: "Don't stand there in a daze, let's go!"
Feng Yunhe reacted immediately and quickly withdrew the light, his lower body twisting wildly and silently as if participating in a walking competition.
He doesn't dare to run!
When he met a lion, he had to spread his arms and roar to scare him away. When he met a brown bear, he had to fall to the ground and pretend to be dead so as not to be bitten. So when he met these mice with glowing red eyes, he felt that he couldn't panic and run away.
He must not show fear, otherwise those rats would not dare to attack him easily!
However, spreading your arms and shouting in protest, falling to the ground and pretending to be dead, and pretending to be calm are all just wishful thinking. For a hungry predator, even a god will rush up and chew a piece of meat.
"Jiji~~"
Swish, swish, swish--
The rats in the tunnel suddenly went crazy, shouting excitedly one after another, and their sharp claws scratched on the concrete floor making a harsh sound.
They chased him!
It’s time to eat!
Feng Yunhe felt a chill on his back, and the hairs all over his body stood up. He could no longer maintain his composure and began to spread his legs and run wildly.
There are at least hundreds of rats. This is definitely not a number that can be solved with a rifle. At the moment, the only way to run is this way.
"I don't taste good at all. Human flesh is sour. I'll have diarrhea after eating it!"
Feng Yunhe's sudden acceleration prevented Wan Qingqiu from reacting for a moment, and he quickly controlled the drone in panic and chased after him.
"Hey, wait for me!"
The consciousness is stored in the shelter server and controlled by signals. It feels like playing a stealth horror game in the old days.
So scary!
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on the ground
Several hundred-story high-rise buildings are still standing after more than a century of wind and rain, wide streets that have been damaged but have not collapsed, luxury storefronts everywhere... all of these are silently telling this story. The city once was prosperous.
Nowadays, desolation is the main theme of this city, and the tenacious green plants are the only bright embellishment.
"They shouldn't be chasing you, right?"
In a certain store, Gu Man slowly slid down and sat on the ground with his back against the wall, his flat chest rising and falling violently, breathing heavily, and his pretty face was covered in dust but showed exhaustion.
"Get rid of it for now."
Hong Youwen's Adam's apple rolled and he swallowed the non-existent saliva with difficulty. He took out a plastic bottle filled with turbid yellow water from the old bag he was carrying, opened the lid and poured it into his mouth.
Seeing Hong Youwen not restraining himself from using water, Tank frowned and reminded:
"There's no potable water around here."
Hearing this, Hong Youwen forcibly restrained his desire to drink, pulled the bottle out of his mouth, and sighed reluctantly.
"Ha, I know."
The three of them are members of the Freedom Army, warriors fighting for freedom in this doomsday wasteland, with the lifelong goal of liberating all slaves.
Gu Man and Hong Youwen were residents of a settlement far away, and Tank was a slave they rescued from the settlement more than 20 kilometers away.
Tank's parents were also slaves and had little education. At that time, their impression of power was the huge iron box under the slave owner's buttocks, so they named their child Tank.
They want their kids to be as powerful as tanks!
"Those guys will never let us go."
Tank looked out at the street through the broken glass window, his thin and yellow face full of worry and anxiety.
Just over two hours ago, he was a slave without any human rights. He was fed less than pigs and worked more than cows. Although he was a human, he was not even as good as an animal.
The settlement where he was a slave is called "Cha's Tribe", named after the surname of the slave owner, Chuck.
There are more than 5,000 people in the Zha tribe, of which slaves account for four-fifths of the total. The master is served by slaves every day from the time he wakes up and opens his eyes to the time he goes to bed and closes his eyes.
Today is the 20th birthday of the master's son, Master Zha Zhengrong. To celebrate, the master specially selected a hundred slaves to play games with his son.
The name of this game is Hide and Seek, and it is a very interesting game for young masters and their friends.
Before the game starts, one hundred slaves will be unshackled from their feet and then released from the settlement to run freely in this dangerous wasteland.
An hour later, the young master and his friends will set off with their escort, driving motorcycles, electric vehicles or cars to chase the escaped slaves.
After seeing these slaves, the young master and his friends will shoot and kill them without hesitation. Whoever kills more slaves is the winner of this game.
I heard from the young master that he learned this game in a super settlement in the north and it is very popular there.
Of course, slaves also have rewards in this game. As long as they successfully escape, they will be free.
However, in this dangerous wasteland, how can slaves without self-defense weapons and hungry survive?
In the end, I'm afraid I have to go back to being my master's slave.
It turned out that the tank had been discovered by the hunters. When he was about to be killed, it was Gu Man and Hong Youwen who were passing by and saved him. They also shot and killed a friend of the young master, which completely angered them.
The enraged young master and his friends will never let them go!
"As long as it lasts until nightfall, we'll be safe."
Gu Man finally caught his breath, took out a water bottle from his backpack, took a sip, and analyzed it calmly.
As soon as the sun sets on the horizon, the beasts, monsters, and predators dormant in the darkness will jump out one after another, and the people in the settlement can only retreat obediently.
Slave owners will also be afraid when they encounter wild beasts, monsters, and predators!
"We're running out of bullets."
Hong Youwen checked the inventory in his backpack, and then cast a dissatisfied look at the tank.
In order to increase the firepower, he gave the tank an automatic rifle. As a result, the guy pulled the trigger and refused to let go. Not only did he empty two magazines, but he also failed to hit any enemy.
"Even if you wait till night, you will encounter those..."
Da da da--
Before Hong Youwen finished speaking, a series of gunshots rang out outside, as well as roars mixed in with them.
"get out!"
"Do you know who you killed? Even the lives of eighteen generations of your ancestors are not enough to compensate!"
"Get out of here!"
"..."
The three of them took a breath, and their expressions became very ugly.
Gu Man glanced at the dilapidated display cabinets in the shop, raised his chin and whispered, "Quick, let's hide in."
Tank climbed over after Hong Youwen and asked, "Why don't we hide in the building? It will be difficult for them to find us as long as we get to the top."
"Have you ever seen a spider bigger than a human head? The building is full of them. We can't deal with them with our bare hands. Shooting will attract those beasts, and then we will become turtles in the jar."
Gu Man explained in a low voice while crawling over.
These survival experiences are taught in the Free Army, and tanks still have a lot to learn.
...
"Get out of here!"
On the open-top sports car with peeling paint and stains, Zha Zhengrong stood on the passenger seat with an excited expression, his eyes scanning for those three damn figures.
He is very angry!
Not only because the slave dared to shoot him, but also because it scared the good friends he wanted to make.
Three years ago, his father spent a lot of money to send him to study in a super settlement in the north with a population of one million, where he saw prosperity beyond his imagination.
There, as a young master of the Cha tribe, he had no sense of superiority and was even as poor as a dog!
However, he did not feel inferior because of this. Instead, he found a way to settle there and climb up.
There was law and order and it was illegal to kill people or even keep others as slaves, but...
The descendants of dignitaries secretly like to play a game called hide-and-seek, and take it as an honor to win the game!
And he has thousands of slaves in his own tribe, and the laws of the super gathering area cannot control here. This is his chance!
So he took the opportunity of his birthday to invite the highest-level friends in his acquaintance circle to his home to play this hide-and-seek game.
In this way, he can gain the other party's friendship and skyrocket from there!
However, something unexpected happened.
There was a wastelander who was meddling in his own business and shot and killed his follower who wanted to make good friends!
These despicable beasts deserve to die!
Hiss--
At this moment, the voice of the person he wanted to make a good friend came from the wireless intercom hanging on Zha Zhengrong's chest.
"Don't take action yet, I'll be right over. It will be more interesting to chase down prey that dares to resist!"
"Okay...okay."
Hearing this, Zha Zhengrong relaxed his brows and breathed a sigh of relief.
It seemed that the friend was not angry about it.
"Jiji~~"
Suddenly, a thin, piercing, high-pitched roar came from a building not far away. Judging from the mottled street signs, it seemed to be the entrance of the subway.
Immediately afterwards, a figure ran out of the subway entrance in a panic, his handsome face full of fear.
"Stop chasing me, my meat doesn't taste good!"
